how does Bynari contribute to the Kolab community?

[Joel Ammor]

Hi Gavin,

Bynari gives back to the community in more ways than you think. Our programmers are involved in resolving many of the issues that arise, especially in areas where we have unmatched expertise, such as groupware. We work directly with Kolabsys to share some of this expertise in establishing and enhancing standards, etc. 
We are working on enhancements to plug ins that will be released as freeware. But to directly answer your question:
Bynari is a for profit company that has to pay programmers (and they're not cheap in the US as you can imagine). We've never tried to "hide" who we are. Yes we make products for sale, and those ironically may be our biggest contribution to Kolab. As good a server as Kolab is, it'd never be taken as a serious Exchange replacement if it didn't offer Exchange functionality. Our connector, the best in industry and used by OEMs around the world is the best known component in the quest to match Exchange. We've added, a Web2.0 Ajax webclient that adds tons of features as well as incredible speed. We've also added IntelliPanel, an Admin GUI that makes managing the Kolab server a breeze and adds a wealth of features to it. I can go on but you get the idea. These products were designed for and to ONLY work with Kolab. This shows that, in addition to giving to Kolab without fanfare, we build stuff to ensure Kolab is relevant in the business world and becomes a global brand. It also show
 s that Bynari is more committed to Kolab than many others who think commitment ends with using the free Kolab server. 

Thanks,
Joel Ammor 
P: 214-350-5772 xtn 32 


-----Original Message-----
From: kolab-users-bounces at kolab.org [mailto:kolab-users-bounces at kolab.org] On Behalf Of Hede
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 5:10 AM
To: kolab-users at kolab.org
Cc: Gavin McCullagh
Subject: Re: how does Bynari contribute to the Kolab community?

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:38:43 +0100 Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh at gcd.ie> wrote:

> ... I'd like to feel like I'm paying toward the whole cake, and not 
> just the icing.

Welcome to our modern World. Any modern Democracy and every other actual existing form of government is based on that fact. Live with it.

Take any of the products around you, your PC, Chair, Car, and maybe even those four walls around you: I'm pretty sure not even one tenth of the money you've spend is received by the people who developed or actually build all that stuff. Most of the money is received by people who can simply talk about things they don't understand, people who own rights, people who .... namely: people who think they are the one which did the _real_ hard work.

Sorry for my sarcasm, had a bad hair day today...

(In truth I still admire anyone who's able to call that into question and even does this. I'm not in such a position.)

Regards,
Hede

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